• Fig. 30. Photographer: Edward Steichen. Paul Robeson as ‘The Emperor Jones,’ 1933. Toned gelatin silver print. 34.9 × 27.3 cm (13 3/4 × 10 3/4 in.). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. © Condé Nast. © 2022 The Estate of Edward Steichen/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Paul Robeson as "The Emperor Jones," New York / Steichen

From Racing the Great White Way: Black Performance, Eugene O'Neill, and the Transformation of Broadway by Katie N. Johnson

  • Censored scene from The Emperor Jones where Smithers lights Jones’s cigarette, which the Library of Congress restored in 2002. Screenshot by Katie N. Johnson.
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  • African American Studies
  • Theater and Performance
  • American Studies
  • Literary Studies:American Literature
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  • 1933
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